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Vectis is a boss that has given us a lot of trouble over the last few raids. It is a DoT management boss that is more difficult with smaller raid sizes like ours. We have tried multiple tactics until we found one that worked best; stacking up and moving away from the Gestated player. Bad luck killed us a few times due to the DoTs stacking all on one person, but for our kill we managed it with very few casualties!

Congratulations everybody on beating a tough boss. Now to see what the later bosses in the raid have to offer!

Over our last couple of raid attempts we got a couple more bosses down!

First, on Tuesday 1tth's raid we managed to beat the Fetid Devourer on our first attempt! He's quite a simple boss, with adds to kill, breath to dodge, and tanks to not stand next to.

And then on our Tuesday 19th's raid we beat Zek'vos, Herald of N'zoth! This one took us a few attempts, and we struggled on our first night. We did better on our second night, getting to the later phases on our first attempt. Unfortunately we lost a few Lemmings due to a disconnect and instance server issues not letting them back into the raid. We thought we'd have another go and got the kill! Next time hopefully everybody will be there for it!

We had an excellent turnout for our traditional Fun Run event for the new raid.

Lots of fun was had getting to know the first couple of bosses of the raid. In fact, we got to know them so well we killed two of them!

Taloc is an interesting fight involving lots of blood & cudgels all taking place on an elevator. It took us a few attempts to get used to moving away from the cudgel attack while also trying to keep as much of the room clear of blood pools, but we quickly dispatched the boss. Even on our very first attempt we managed to get him down to below 1% before we wiped!

M.O.T.H.E.R. (don't ask me to repeat what it stands for) is a complicated fight that required a bit of pre-planning. After a few attempts of trial and error to see what worked, we finally got a pattern down to send people through the forcefields. Once we found a system that worked, we managed to defeat her!

Thanks to everybody who attended tonight! I don't think we expected to kill two bosses on our first excursion into the raid, so everybody can give themselves a pat on the back! Let's hope our success continues.

Don't forget to sign up to our future raiding events that are up for all of September! Also ensure that you are signed up to the Invite List if you want to raid with us. And if you need help gearing or preparing for raids, we have a few crafters in the guild that can assist!

We've been working steadily on it for about 3 weeks, and this was a night of great attempts! Our second pull of the night (after a slightly messy first pull where the tanks couldn't decide who was main tanking) was a 2% wipe, and we had a few more 3% wipes after that. We had definitely learned the mechanics and it was just a case of pushing for that extra bit of DPS.

Our final pull came about 20 minutes after the break, and we got the kill just as Byakko started his enrage.

Congratulations to everybody who took part tonight! It was a great effort by all, and now it's a case of getting the fight on farm so we can all get some fancy weapons.

RotN

RotN goes to Elm for hopping on a healer for the first time in this fight at the last minute and giving some good advice on how to manage mechanics. And also for winning the loot!

The usual rules apply unless stated otherwise.LFRAs usual, the new LFR wings are off limits until we have done the wing with the guild on the day it opens. After the LFR guild run you are free to do LFR whenever you want. All the LFR guild runs can be found in the calendar.

We as officers have been debating what requirements we would like to have in place for this raid. The discussion we have made are;• The minimum Item level to sign up will be 915 – if you find this unachievable please contact any of the officers in game or on discord and we will help you get to this before raiding start.• You MUST be fully gemmed and enchanted• The guildbank can provide pots, flask and food for reduced prices, but if you can make your own it will be cheaper. Please could you bring along runes – if unsure which is best for your character ask in guild or look at icy veins guides (www.icy-veins.com/wow/class-guides).